Mostly filler unfortunately and I'm trying to end this story just as the other site I post on goes under :'( Corrie Countdown is how I first found Siophie fan fics and will be sad to see it go. I have a good idea on how to end this but it's getting there that is presenting itself to be a pain. Anyway, enjoy and thanks for the readership :)

Sian got home about thirty minutes after her dad left her on Coronation Street. She gave Sophie some excuse to get out of there and think. Maybe some time to settle down and get ready for her shift at the Rover's would sort her mind out and she could then figure out a way to get through to her dad about Sophie. Sian knew this would come one day if she were to be with Sophie like she truly wanted, but not quite in such a fashion.

Sophie had truly just let her happiness get the better of her and Sian couldn't even blame her, she felt the same, but since she didn't have the opportunity to tell her dad exactly who she fancied now, it was all a bit sudden and unexpected. Sian could tell Sophie was trying to comfort her by telling her if her dad was upset then tough, but she could also tell that Sophie honestly felt bad for blowing their cover. Sophie had only seen Vinnie a few times so she didn't really know what he looked like she said, but regardless, Sophie also said she felt bad for any ill will that Sian was going to get from her dad.

Sian sighed as she got into her house. She wanted to talk it out with her dad, she never really had a good talkative relationship with him but this was not something she just wanted to sweep under the carpet. Too many things were left unsaid before the divorce and she didn't want that while living in his house. She paced around the living room and put her hair in a bun. She usually did that when doing some deep thinking. She would just have to come clean and be forward. The morning had started so well when she did that with the Darren stuff, surely it could continue? Sian put the kettle on and looked out of the kitchen window. She couldn't help but feel a sense of dread about this all. She heard how her dad had called Sophie, "the lesbian". Yeah he was correct, she WAS a lesbian but she heard an edge in his voice that showed disdain and discomfort. Sian sighed again.

Sophie walked into the corner shop about forty-five minutes after Sian left her on the cobbles to go home. She felt so so bad about what she might have started with Sian and her dad. She just was so happy to see the blonde she ran up and took her in her arms. Sophie had never had the opportunity to do that with anyone she was seeing or dating really and when she saw Sian she only had one thought, and that was to hug and kiss her gorgeous girlfriend. "Girlfriend? Don't get ahead of yourself there mate." Her inner voice always was the voice of reason and also a cause for annoyance, but this time it was right. Nothing was really said about being exclusive with Sian and actually, nothing was really said by Sian anyway. Sian had started it off with some general info about herself, birthday, favorite color etc, but nothing about how she felt about the youngest Webster sister, which to Soph was the whole point of talking. Sophie had bared her soul and tried to soothe Sian's feelings, which she succeeded, and tried to coax out some confessions from the blonde but to no avail.

All these thoughts were making Sophie feel a bit uneasy. Was this another speedbump to happiness with Sian? Did Sian want more than just a flirty, make out type relationship? Obviously she was rebounding with Ryan and then wanted to go further with Soph in the first place, but … but what? Sophie sighed deep. "Way to overthink. Relax."

Sophie had a long shift today, and again was counting on the ins and outs of the shop and others assorted problems would help quiet her own storm raging in her head.

Rosie was trying to organize a venue for Sophie's birthday party coming up in a few days. She had to make sure it was a place where they could get Soph in without much of a fuss, but also not too super obvious. The Bistro? "Hm..", home? "Eh," The Rover's? "..Maybe.." Rosie started thinking this was beginning to be too much of a hassle already. It was hard enough getting her rag-tag group of mates together in a booth, let alone decide where to have this do. She wanted Sian in on the act most of all, since she knew they should work things out and just be together already. Rosie shook her head, "Kids these days." Rosie always had a plethora of boys at her disposal, so it was a little difficult to understand where all this strife was coming from. She understood that yeah, it was different since it was girls, and yeah Sophie was her polar opposite, but it was so obvious they wanted each other. And now that awful girl was gone forever out of Sophie's life, there should be nothing to stop it from happening. Much like the ordeal with Erinn however, she also knew that if one thing Sophie Webster was, it was stubborn, so Rosie had to balance pushing them together and coaxing her little sister to come around to being with Sian. No amount of nagging would work on her. Rosie sighed a little sigh. She picked up her phone and called Sian's number she finagled from Sophie's phone. "Phase one," she thought to herself as she heard the phone ring out on Sian's end.

Sian got off the phone with Rosie and couldn't help but laugh at her lingo and her ideas the older Webster had for her and Sophie, both for the party and for their future happiness. Sian also informed Rosie what had transpired since their last conversation. The hidden away convo as well as the accidental reveal to her father. Rosie loved this little bit of gossip, but then quickly changed gears trying to comfort Sian and tell her that it'll all blow over. It was clear to Sian they knew nothing of Vinnie Powers like Sian did. She knew this would be at least a week of not talking and when he did talk to her it would be short snippy sentences. That's his usual way of going about things when he was upset. It would take something like a clean house or a card with vouchers for his favorite bait and tackle shop for him to ease up. He wasn't petty necessarily, he would just get mad and it would take something from Sian to see that he was maybe overreacting a bit. Vinnie was no great communicator and Sian knew how to bring him 'round.

This was different however. There had never been this kind of blow up about something of this subject. How opposed to homosexuality or even bisexuality was he? Was she to get kicked out? She knew better than to call him at work, to further aggravate the situation. Sian started getting an anxiety attack thinking about what this could cause within their relationship. Vinnie was never a hands on dad, but he did provide for her when she was growing up and now. Sian knew this would create waves for them but she wasn't quite ready to tell him and in such a way that was a shock to everyone all around.

Sian glanced around the empty house and started getting ready for work early. She would talk to Sophie for some comfort and maybe some ideas as to how to get out of this tension she felt.

Sophie sat staring at her phone behind the counter of the Corner Shop. She didn't want to text Sian to exacerbate whatever was going on at Powers house. And plus she still felt horrible about it. Just then Dev walked into the Shop.

"Hello Sophie, how's business?"

"Average, but I'm here all day so I'm sure it'll end the same: average," said Sophie still glancing at her phone.

"Well don't let me keep you from.. what you're doing. I'm sure a thorough inventory could be done instead of staring at your phone, hmm?"

Sophie rolled her eyes. "Okay.." she sighed out. "Hey Dev, what's the deal with Amber?"

"What do you mean 'the deal' ? I hope you're not asking what I think you're asking. I'm her father after all."

"Um no Dev, please. That would be proper weird. No, I mean where does she go? When she's not here that is," asked Sophie getting out her clipboard.

"Oh, she's at Uni, but she's been taking a semester off to travel. Although to be honest it's looking more like a full year. I mean I'm hoping it's just a year," Dev said staring at a book with numbers from the shop.

"What about that apartment above the shop? I mean does she pay for it or..." asked Sophie trying to act very nonchalant about it. Really inside she was about to burst. She had this idea a bit ago to possibly move out when the fighting between the family had become too unbearable. If she thought about it, she really stayed for Jack. That kid was in no way to blame and sometimes when Sally and Kevin really got at each other, they almost couldn't hear his crying in his carrier. Sophie so many times had run over and took baby Jack upstairs to get away from the loud voices and harsh insults.

"Oh no, it's a deal her mom and I worked out a while ago. I should rent it though aye? Could use some extra income," said Dev writing something down on a notepad.

That was exactly what Sophie was hoping he'd say. "So Dev.. say you rented out to very very trustworthy, young, brilliant, funny, sophisticated…"

"Hold it right there," said Dev turning around taking off his reading glasses. "Are you interested in moving out Sophie?"

"Well…" she thought about it. What she really wanted was for a place for Sian to go in case things went south with her dad. If Sian moved out, then it might not matter what Vinnie thought in the first place. But Dev didn't know Sian that well. Just from the Rover's and she wasn't about to move in with Sian just yet. I mean they've barely even been close like this for a few days yet. "... maybe..?"

"Well either you are or you aren't Sophie. I don't pay you that much here but I'm sure you've got some saved. I suppose I could trust you not to burn the place down or turn it into a crack den."

"Okay but question, what if it wasn't for me, it was for someone else. Someone that you know, someone that you see probably on a daily basis.."

"Tracy Barlow?"

"Haha oh gosh Dev, don't mention her! She's like Beetlejuice, she'll just show up if you say her name enough," laughed Sophie.

"Who then, wait what, I haven't said this is happening yet, but who did you have in mind?" asked Dev.

Just then Sian walked in and gave a small smile to Sophie and Dev. Sian wasn't expecting Dev to be there too, so while she was glad to see Soph, she had to keep it under control in front of Dev. She didn't want to be a super mushy mess in front of Sophie's boss.

"Dev, you know Sian, Sian Powers."

"Yes Sophie I do know her. Hi Sian…" trailed off Dev.

"THIS is who I had in mind," said Sophie proudly.

"In mind for what Soph?" asked Sian carefully

Soph turned to Sian. "To move out into the apartment upstairs. Dev said he would rent it out.."

"I didn't say for sure I would Sophie, hang on there…" interrupted Dev.

"What Sophie? You decided this for me? Don't I have a say in this?" asked Sian. She wasn't sure why this struck her as something that made her so annoyed but it really did.

"Sian, babe. I just meant it for you to be like.. away from home, and if your dad has an issue with us, then you can move there. I was thinking about you AND us," said Sophie at first with confidence then seeing Sian's facial expression, losing steam and quickly.

"You two are an us?" asked Dev trying to keep up.

"Yes," said Sophie.

"Sophie!" said Sian loudly.

"Wait aren't we?" asked Sophie her heart dropping like an elevator. She was just trying to do everyone a favor and now it was this super awkward moment between her employer and the girl she fancied.

"Sophie I don't know what we are, but you're already telling everybody and having me shack up with you… I don't know, I didn't come here for this," said Sian turning to leave.

"Sian wait!" said Sophie dropping everything and going to run after the blonde. Dev for his part just went back to the office, not wanting to witness a possibly embarrassing moment for his employee.

Sian just barely got outside when Sophie caught up with her. "Sian! I didn't mean it like that, honestly! I was just trying to help. I wanted you to be safe and not miserable at home and.."

"Yeah I get that Sophie. It seems you have our whole lives planned out, I thought it was up to US to figure it out," said Sian, instantly regretting it seeing Sophie's hurt look on her face. Sian mentally took a step back and deeply sighed. "Look I don't mean it like that, it's just so tense right now, and it's like I don't know what to do, and then I come to see you for support and now you got me moving in with you, and you're telling people about us without my permission…"

"I shouldn't need permission Sian. I'm proud of you, I want everyone to know," said Sophie her hurt turning into anger. "And anyway I wasn't moving out, you were. Then potentially we'd see if we worked and then we could both live there. You've been there, there's plenty of room.." Sophie stopped talking seeing Sian sighing and looking down while shaking her head. "I'm just saying it Sian, as an idea, it's not set in stone. You know what? I don't need this either. I'm sorry I might have caused an argument with your dad, but you were potentially going to have to deal with it at some point anyway yeah? So I'm sorry I brought it sooner than later. I'll just see you around?" Sophie could see everything she was saying was further annoying Sian so she decided to turn the tables a bit and take control of the anger. She turned to go back into the shop.

"Sophie wait!" said Sian just an instant too late. She really had nothing to say to the brunette if she had stopped and come back to the blonde. What she had been saying was actually a good idea and looking at it after the fact, the truth. It just felt like everything was coming down on Sian at this very moment when nothing had even really happened yet. Sian had no idea where any of this would go or what the future held but she still had a vision of her and Soph, that was for sure. Both girls were at different levels of being upset, with the balance switching halfway through the argument as Sophie started out hurt and then getting angered, and Sian the opposite. Sian was going to talk to Sophie but was going to wait to come back with a clear head and hopefully a calmed Soph to make up with. First she had to figure out a way to get to her dad. How she was going to get to that, she had no idea. Sian smiled. "Weee!" she thought sarcastically.